The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected the plea of British-American fashion designer Tanveer Wasim Safdar, popularly known as Tan France, seeking a direction to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to process it immediately and grant him a visitor. visa at the specified time.
France applied for an Indian tourist visa in San Francisco on September 12 to attend “professional and cultural talks”, aiming to “facilitate interaction with prominent people in the Indian cinema and fashion industries, as well as participating in important cultural exchanges with local Indians.” artistic communities, allowing him to gain a comprehensive understanding of the rich and diverse artistic traditions that define the cultural landscape of India,” his application said.
His visa application has been pending for more than five weeks. Although France holds dual citizenship in the UK and the USA, she is of Pakistani origin, as her parents are originally from Pakistan and later acquired British citizenship.
France also argued before the court of Justice Sanjeev Narula that he has asked several times about the legal channels since he applied for the visa but he did not get an answer on the reasons for the delay or the limited time in which a decision on the visa can be expected.
France is scheduled to visit India in the week starting November 11. She gained international fame and was nominated for an Emmy Award and others following her role as a fashion expert in Netflix’s ‘Queer Eye’.